It's rare that I find a modern book that no one on LibraryThing has yet reviewed. I guess the audience for works of socio-political theory by mystery writers is smaller than I'd thought! I feel pressure to write a better review than I probably can, but here goes: Mosley is an original thinker who believes that the West's problems of class, race, and political representation can be thought of as symptoms of economic dysfunction. He begins by agreeing with the broad outlines of Marx's ideas about capital, but disdains Marx's solutions in favor of gentler tactics of grassroots activism. Basically, more people need to learn to think, and they need to think together; the rest will follow. The current system is rigged against most people, and especially against people who live paycheck to paycheck. The wealthy aren't any more evil than any other class of people, but they benefit disproportionately and unfairly from the system, which must be changed. Rather touchingly, Mosley thinks the best way for the dispossessed to change the system is probably through a public Internet forum. (This book was published in 2011.)

Mosley's prose style is clear and respectful of the reader's ability to think for himself. I like the style more than the substance, but there's an argument to be made that it's everyone's responsibility to think through the issues the way Mosley has. ( )